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AMERICAN HONEY PLANTS 



"Honey water white, mild in flavor and of good body; granulates 

 in three to' six months, when it resembles a paste made from powdered 

 sugar. The very fact that it is spreading so rapidly over the poor 

 lands of the San Joaquin Valley, and that it produces the only water- 

 white honey, with the exception of blue-curls, as far as the writer 

 knows, that is produced in the late fall, has led to the conclusion that 

 jackass clover will be one of the greatest honey-producing plants of 

 the State, and may in future rank next to sage and alfalfa. During the 

 fall of 1909 a Fresno beekeeper reported that he extracted thirty 

 pounds per colony each week for six weeks from this source. Another 

 beekeeper of the San Joaquin Valley relates that during the jackass 

 clover flow the noise was terrific, and that home-coming bees flew so 

 slowly that they could be picked out of the air. It was Henry T. 

 Christman, of Colinga, who first became aware of its value as a honey 

 plant and gave it its present name." 



JASMINE, See Yellow Jasmine. 

 JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE, see Sunflower. 



JEWEL-WEED or Touch-Me-Not (Impatiens). 



The jewel-weed (Fig. 85) is common in wet places and along small 



streams in shady situations. Some are to be found from Alaska to New 

 England and south to Florida and Louisiana. . The plant has an odd 

 hanging blossom, as shown in the picture. It is often called touch-me- 

 not, from the sudden bursting of the seed pod when touched. 



It is usually regarded as a bumblebee flower rather than a bee flower, 

 but is reported as a source of honey in both Michigan and Wisconsin, 

 where it is quite common in places. 



JOE-PYE WEED, see Boneset. 



